A former federal prosecutor is seeking the Republican nomination to run against state Attorney General Letitia James, the embattled Democratic incumbent and rival of President Trump.<\/p>\n
Saritha Komatireddy<\/a>, 41, was set to announce a run for the GOP nomination Monday, adding to a growing field of Republicans looking to take on James.<\/p>\n Komatireddy worked in the US Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District in Brooklyn, serving as chief of International Narcotics and Money Laundering, Deputy Chief of Appeals and Deputy Chief of General Crimes.<\/p>\n Saritha Komatireddy, 41, was set to announce a run for the GOP nomination Monday. Linkedin<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve spent over a decade in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office prosecuting the worst of the worst. Terrorists, murderers, fraudsters, and hackers,\u201d Komatireddy said \u2014 noting she has taken on cases involving al Qaeda, ISIS and the Sinaloa cartel.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, I want to get the attorney general\u2019s office back to basics \u2014 protecting New Yorkers and locking up criminals. Under Letitia James, the AG\u2019s office has become preoccupied with partisan vendetta, and lost sight of what matters to most New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n Komatireddy, who also served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanagugh when he was on the US Court of Appeals, would likely have to win a Republican primary before facing James.<\/p>\n Republicans interested in running for the seat include Michael Henry<\/a>, the 2022 GOP candidate for AG, and crypto lawyer Khurram Dara<\/a>.<\/p>\n Komatireddy worked in the US Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District in Brooklyn. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n Komatireddy \u2014 a married mother of four \u2014 said the bottom line is \u201cif New York isn\u2019t safe, nothing else matters.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf elected, I\u2019ll focus all my energy on the safety of the people of New York \u2013 from Bethpage to Buffalo, Staten Island to Saratoga Springs, the people of the Empire State will be able to trust that they have an Attorney General focused on keeping them safe.\u201d<\/p>\n A recipient of multiple attorney general awards, Komatireddy is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. She has lectured at Columbia University Law School for over a decade.<\/p>\n Incumbent James, 67, the AG since 2019, has investigated and prosecuted the most powerful figures in government.<\/p>\n Her office\u2019s investigative report of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual misconduct accusations led to his resignation despite his denial of the claims.<\/p>\n She won a civil fraud conviction <\/a>against President Trump and the Trump Organization for inflating their net worth by billions to allegedly dupe banks and insurers over the course of a decade.<\/p>\n